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Banning straws isn't enough. We must get serious about climate change

To head off climate disaster requires difficult changes to our lifestyles, says Adam Corner, and politicians must not be afraid to say so

24 October 2018

Andrzej Krauze

By Adam Corner

IF WE’RE to get climate change under control, the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report makes it clear that absolutely everything must be on the table.

This includes lifestyle changes such as flying less and cutting down on red meat.

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Yet Claire Perry, the minister in charge of the UK’s climate change strategy, doesn’t see it this way. She described the idea of government telling us what to eat on climate grounds as “the worst sort of nanny state ever”, adding: “Who would I be …